Cartridge-belt.



PATBNTED JULY 12, 1904.

FfH. FRISSELL. CARTRIDGE BELT. APPLICATION FILED MAY '1, 1904. N0 MODEL.

saw-2 283" a th y! Egg W Aftnmey UNTTED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT EErcE.

FRANK H. FRISSELL, OF MIDDLETOIVN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE RUSSELLMANUFACTURING CO., OF MIDDLETOWVN, CONNECTICUT.

CARTRIDGE-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 764,804, dated July 12,1904.

Application filed May '7, 1904. $erial No. 206,907. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. FRIssELL, a resident of Middletown, in thecounty of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in CartridgeBelts; and 1 do hereby declare thefollowing to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cartridge-belts, and moreparticularly to such as are made of woven fabric and have a series ofpockets woven thereon, each pocket adapted to receive a singlecartridge, the object of the invention being to so arrange said pocketsthat the maximum capacity of the belt shall be efii ected without undulyincreasing the cost of manufacture.

A further object is to weave the pockets on the belt and so dispose themthat they will lie close to the belt and to each other when the belt isin place on the wearer.

IVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a portion of acartridge-belt, showing the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail sectional view.

The body 1 of the belt is a heavy woven fabric having thickened orenlarged selvaged edges 2, and between these edges the pockets forindividual cartridges are located and arranged in two series. Pockets 3of one series are woven close to the body of the belt and spaced apart adistance slightly greater than the diameter of a pocket. The otherseries of pockets are arranged in groups of three pockets, and thesegroups alternate with the pockets 3 of the first series. Each group ofpockets of the second series comprises pockets a b 0. Each pocket (0 iswoven close to the body of the belt between two pockets 3 of the firstseries, and the pockets 7) c of the group are woven on the upper orouter portion of pocket (4 and project somewhat laterally therefrom, soas to overhang and lie closely against adjacent pockets 3 of the firstseries.

By arranging the pockets as above described they appear as two parallelrows of pockets, the pockets of each row lying closely together and thepockets of the outer row disposed against the pockets of the inner rowand'occupying positions between but against the pockets of the innerrow. All the pockets therefore lie closely together and are veryslightly separated when the belt is curved to conform to the wearer.

My improvements are simple in construction, but result in the productionof a cartridge-belt in which the pockets are disposed in compactformation and the capacity of the 5 belt enhanced to a marked degreewithout inets of the first series.

2. A cartridge-belt having two series of 30 pockets woven thereon, thepockets of one series woven close to the body of the belt, and thepockets of the other series woven in groups of three and alternatingwith the pockets of the first series, one pocket of each of said groupswoven close to the body of the belt and two pockets of each groupoverhanging adjacent pockets of the first series of pockets.

3. A cartridge-belt having a series of triangular groups of pocketsthereon, one pocket of each group secured close to the body of the belt,and another series of pockets secured close to the body of the beltbetween the inner pockets of said groups of pockets and behind the outerpockets of said groups of pockets.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANK H. FRISSELL. IVitn esses:

BURT J. HALE, FRANCIS O. BEACH.

